How to install XP on pre loaded Vista in HP Laptop

I have HP Pavilion dv 2519TU laptop coming with Vista Premium pre installed. I try to install XP Pro with Service pack 2. But I face an error that "No hard disk drive found". So how to install XP? If I need driver for SATA hard disk where do I get this and how to install as I have no floppy drive in laptop. I have Fujitsu MHW2160BH PL. In device manager under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers I found Intel(R)82801 HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller and Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850.

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busthami Nov 22, 2007

I cannot detect my hardisk when I run using CD Windows Xp. any help?
ajay200126 Nov 25, 2007

i had hp compaq6710s laptop with redhat5 as basic . i want to install xp
when i tried to install it asks BOOT FORM CD...........
I pressed enter it shows checking system configuration and stops there with a blank screen why
bundela Nov 25, 2007

i have the problem in hp leptom no hard disk drive. i want to install XP professional. i han't floppy drive.
adeniyi Dec 24, 2007

cannot install xp on vista machine cannot install xp on vista machine
yourcall2 Mar 11, 2008

I have HP Pavilion dv 2725ee laptop coming with Vista Premium pre installed. I try to install XP Pro with Service pack 2. But I face an error that "No hard disk drive found". So how to install XP? If I need driver for SATA hard disk where do I get this and how to install.
sanju86 Mar 21, 2008

hep me in the same matter of what kaushik faced
crazymen4 Apr 10, 2008

I have HP Pavilion dv 9575en laptop coming with Vista Home Premium OEMAct installed. I try to install XP Profesional with Service pack 2. But I face an error that "No hard disk drive found". So how to install XP?

as i understand, i need to instal HDD drivers, but i don't have floppy..

I found some information that I can instal XP with "nLite" support!

So I already downloaded nLite, but i need SATA driver files to do..

where can i get this driver files..?
Anonymous May 05, 2008

i have been trying to install xp on linux but system says that there is no hard drive in it
Anonymous May 07, 2008

I have HP Pavilion dv 2519TU laptop coming with Vista Premium pre installed. I try to install XP Pro with Service pack 2. But I face an error that "No hard disk drive found". So how to install XP? If I need driver for SATA hard disk where do I get this and how to install as I have no floppy drive in laptop. I have Fujitsu MHW2160BH PL. In device manager under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers I found Intel(R)82801 HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller and Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850.
Anonymous May 12, 2008

i have hp laptop with linux and i want to install xp over it
Anonymous May 14, 2008

it is saying hard disk not found it is saying hard disk not found
somil May 29, 2008

same problem same problem
Anonymous May 29, 2008

vista to xp pl

vista to xp pl
Anonymous Aug 07, 2008

same as above

same as above
shyamal_yada Aug 13, 2008

I have HP Pavilion dv 2519TU laptop coming with Vista Premium pre installed. I try to install XP Pro with Service pack 2. But I face an error that "No hard disk drive found". So how to install XP? If I need driver for SATA hard disk where do I get this and how to install as I have no floppy drive in laptop. I have Fujitsu MHW2160BH PL. In device manager under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers I found Intel(R)82801 HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller and Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850.
jogythomas Nov 06, 2008

Same Problem on a Compaq V3604TU Laptop Same Problem on a Compaq V3604TU Laptop
Anonymous Jan 13, 2009

I have the same problem, with the same HDD.... Did you find any driver?
sinnerbeats Jan 26, 2009

i have the pavilion notebook 2700 and when i try to instal xp it says no hard drive,i need this to work with xp,i got it to work on a dell computer but they didnt have one single driver for xp so i took that compurt back ready to do the same with this one.vista sucks for what i need my computer for ,.help me please. Sinnerbeats
djsiljak Feb 16, 2009

same as above same as above
deronin May 11, 2010

Solution Link . . . http://www.microsoft.com/Windows-XP-Prof...'

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I bought a cheap Compaq laptop that came with Vista Home Premium. The speed was horrendous! Anyway, I received the same no hard drive found error. To solve the problem, I went into the system config (BIOS) by pressing F10 on startup, and turned off SATA hard drive support (its supposed to make the hard drive run faster), I rebooted, inserted my Win XP Pro disc and viola, it detected the hard drive. I would say that the laptop runs a good 40% faster than before. Vista is a big no no when it comes to low end laptops built for word processing and internet browsing.

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SilverDragon, In order for the USB F6 solution to work, he's gonna have to have a very specific brand of memory stick, which he might not have. Probably easier to buy a removable USB floppy drive. I'd also suggest he downloads every XP driver for his laptop FIRST. This would not be the first case where there is NO XP driver for a system component, I've already run into that. If he cannot download or find every hardware driver, best to learn how to use Vista. A helpful site for the procedure would be http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-with-installing-xp-over-vista ZT3000 "Beta tester of "0"s and "1's"

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I presume you have a USB port? That means ya can use a Memory Stick, put the "Driver" onto the MS, F6 & then when asked for the driver point it to the USB Drive... ya all good... ? You will have to completely Repartition AND Format B4 Installing XP SP2... some will say ya don't ...But trust me, if ya do ya get LESS hassles later on in life.. I have learned. here is a link for ya help & info.. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196/en-us

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GO TO BIOS SETUP . THERE IS OPTION FOR XP INSTALL ENABLE. MAKE ENABLE TO INSTALL XP.. ALL THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!1

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Www.microsoft.com/vista/preloadedvista/instal/help

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1. download the Hiren boot cd http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd
2. Burn .iso on a cd (<150 Mb)
3. Must have a Win XP CD bootable + drivers for win xp
4. Boot from hiren
5. Use one of the partition manager programs from it (not partition magic, acronis maybe, don\t remember exactly)
6. Destroy all of the partitions, and those hided too
7. boot from win xp cd and install XP

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